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Responsible finance would require reducing spending to match the tax revenue lost due to this tax exemption. Did the repubs do so? Naw, didn't think so.

The American Way requires that the law apply equally to everyone. Now here the repubs actually are getting close - from the iron mine on everything they touch involves special tax exemptions for any potential donor. If they think taxes here are scaring away jobs, The American Way to fix it would be to lower taxes for everyone.

Once they get done, who's gonna be paying all the taxes? Oh, yea, you and me.

What about the tax revenue lost when the income taxes on these jobs go away. There is hardly a market as mobile as aircraft. The highly regulated and very expensive maintenance on these aircraft can very easily, and literally, fly across the border. Get over the envy and use your head.

In case you did not read the article the work has no tax now in other states so we never had the work. And if you can afford a plane is the tax too big a burden? I have to pay sales tax on the work done on my work trucks, why should I not get an exemption? When does the corporate hand out end?

As a proportion to state-wide sales tax paying industries I would suggest the aviation parts and service industry is a small one. Likewise, the aircraft owner and operator population is correspondingly small. So how is it that this relatively small segment is due for special treatment by those that plunder the rest of us? Competition in the marketplace is hardly fair or competitive if government is going to step in to tip the scales in favor of those well connected private organizations. This scheme is a crutch that is not offered equally and distorts our view of the market. This industry will gladly take the advantage for it is in their best interest, however would a cut in the cost of living and operating in this state not benefit the entire population and have a much greater impact? So again, the question is what makes this industry segment so special and these politicians so interested? Conversely, why are these politicians so dis-interested in you or me?

More earmarked legislation for the privileged few from the party which specializes "personal responsibility" and "individual initiative". Hell, lets just give high rollers another tax break. They all have served us (Legislators) so very well!

They will have the tax break anyway- by flying their aircraft to a state that does not charge sales tax. In any case, the tax break is not for these "high rollers" who distress you so- it's for all those who work in these industries in Wisconsin. Jobs, remember?

One should never under-estimate the power of a tax break- it's just amazing what people will do to avoid paying a tax. Where is the gain in disadvantaging these businesses by taxing their customers?

Making exemptions to the sales and use tax is bad policy. Better to get rid of it entirely, make up the revenue by adjusting income taxes and let our local businesses enjoy a competitive advantage over those in neighboring states.

More tax break legislation to benefit the wealthy and corporations that have bought and paid for the Wisconsin legislature. The sales tax code is already riddled with exemptions and loopholes that mostly benefit corporate special interests. In fact when Walker said Wisconsin was broke in 2011 Walker and the legislature gave a tax exemption that primarily benefited Wausau Homes whose owners gave Walker a huge amount of campaign cash http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/117500053.html. It is time to say no to tax exemptions that mostly benefit corporations and the wealthy.

So we are going to drop tax collection on primarily corporate purchases? What ever happened to the horror story that taxes have to drop because they are passed on to the consumer. Most of these people that are having this work done are most probably company planes by the airports that they are being done at. Where do we stop? No fuel taxes for trucking companies? No taxes for repairs for company trucks/vehicles as has been pointed out? Remarkably, you can deduct taxes paid if you itemize deductions. We collect bout 2-3 Million a year on this. That means on 40-60 million in work. By dropping this tax, what do we go up, 5 million? What does that add, about 10 jobs (as this is a tax on parts and labor).